OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Sneezeweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Helenium autumnale   FAMILY: Asteraceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Helenium autumnale var. autumnale   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium autumnale 179-75-001   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist pastures, forests, woodlands, forest edges

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Littleleaf Sneezeweed, Shortleaf Sneezeweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium brevifolium   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium brevifolium 179-75-002   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Seepage bogs, river-scoured cobble bars

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Purplehead Sneezeweed, Southern Sneezeweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium flexuosum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium flexuosum 179-75-003   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Moist pastures, moist forests, riverbanks, wet pine rocklands (in s. FL)

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Savanna Sneezeweed, Southeastern Sneezeweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium pinnatifidum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium pinnatifidum 179-75-004   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches

Common in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Savannah Sneezeweed, Spring Helenium

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium vernale   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium vernale   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium vernale 179-75-005   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas and adjacent ditches

Common in GA Coastal Plain (uncommon in SC, rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bitterweed, Yellow Sneezeweed, Bitter Sneezeweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Helenium amarum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Helenium amarum var. amarum   FAMILY: Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Helenium amarum 179-75-006   FAMILY: Asteraceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, overgrazed pastures, urban areas; in much of our area an introduction from farther west

Common (rare in Mountains)

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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"Identification keys are a tool, but not an infallible one, and it is therefore critical to confirm your identifications. It is easy to make the dangerous assumption that 'it keys to it, so it must be it'." — Alan S. Weakley in Flora of the Southeastern US (2023)